laci peterson, the beaming young mom to be. please, please, let her come home to us. keith morrison: prosecutors speak out in an in-depth television interview. you put so much of your life into it. it stays with you. keith morrison: laci s husband. finally hear the story he told. his rarely seen police interrogation. we couldn t find anything wrong with this guy. he was that charming. keith morrison: and surprising details from the other woman who helped uncover the truth. it s still affects me emotionally. keith morrison: did scott peterson kill his wife? i do not believe he did. i mean, really? who else could have done it? i m glad you asked that question. keith morrison: once upon a time, in a small california city lived a sweet pregnant woman with a radiant smile. and outside of friends and family hardly anyone knew her name. she would never know, of course, how famous that name of hers was about to become. we have no indication, no significant leads at this point. keith
keith morrison : al brocchini, the first detective on the case watched as searchers scoured the area. keith morrison : they were everywhere, right? they were just al brocchini: oh, yeah. they did a grid search, meaning they wouldve they wouldve been in eye contact and walked this whole area. keith morrison : brocchini and jon buehler, his partner at the time, had a feeling from the start, laci peterson missing wasnt going to end well. jon buehler: because she didnt lead an at-risk lifestyle. keith morrison: yeah. jon buehler: she didnt hang around at the bars. and she wasnt out two- timing him or doing anything like that. i mean, she was a girl that was just ecstatic, from everything that i learned about her, of being a mother. keith morrison : so she wasnt someone who would just walk away. and yet, in the anxiety, hope. an idea formed in the minds of those who loved laci, that somehow this might turn out all right. sharon rocha: we know were going to find laci. we know were going to
they did a grid search, meaning they would ve they would ve been in eye contact and walked this whole area. reporter: brocchini and his partner jon buehler had a feeling from the start, laci peterson missing wasn t going to end well. because she didn t lead an at-risk lifestyle. she didn t hang around at the bars. and she wasn t out two-timing him or doing anything like that. i mean, she was a girl that was just ecstatic, from everything that i learned about her of being a mother. reporter: so she wasn t someone who would just walk away, and yet in the anxiety, hope. an idea formed in the minds of those who loved laci, that somehow this might turn out all right. we know we re going to find laci. we know we re going to bring her home alive and safe. we were gonna find her. like, i thought somebody kidnapped her. that s what i thought, just for the baby or something. reporter: here s lori, renee and stacey along with another friend in january of 2003.
it was the very same day he bought the boat. coincidence? no, thought the police, had to be evidence of premeditation. the very existence of amber frey changed everything. and revealed that many little beasts of doubt had been churning about in the minds of even scott s die-hard supporters. after amber came forward, that s when they started to open up about the things that they had been kind of hiding and holding back. reporter: people remembered things like how scott once told someone he was hoping for infertility. that he seemed uncomfortable holding babies. that he didn t want to touch laci s pregnant stomach. that he complained he was having a midlife crisis at age 30. now, when people thought about his story that laci walked their dog, they remembered she d been too tired to do that. and they remembered too the peculiar way he acted the night laci disappeared. we were standing in the driveway. i asked if he had called his parents. he said, no. i was trying to have a conv
reporter: nearly two years after laci disappeared, after nine days of deliberation, the jury in the scott peterson trial finally announced they had a verdict. so it s pretty exciting and terrifying. reporter: as the crowds gathered out front, the reporters got into position, and everyone flooded back into the courtroom. what is it like for your level of anxiety? i felt like i was going to explode. a verdict is being read right now in a california courtroom in the double murder case against scott peterson. there is no camera in the courtroom, but an audio, live audio feed is being provided. we, the jury in the above entitled cause find the defendant, scott lee peterson, guilty of the crime of murder of laci denise peterson. reporter: finally the words sharon and all those who loved laci had been waiting for: guilty of laci s murder. and guilty of the crime of murder of baby conner peterson.